Jones progressing by leaps and bounds

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IF JENNY JONES can fit in enough chicken salads, roast beef and stale fish over the next three days, she could pocket her first big pay cheque of the year. It is nothing to do with being compensated for food poisoning — these are just some of the names given to the daring air manoeuvres that a snowboarder routinely performs in competition. A first prize of $10,000 (about £8,200) is up for grabs at “The Session” — the title of the event starting in Vail, Colorado, today — and Jones, recently voted Britain’s Female Snowboarder of the Year, is the